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to the Home Secretary and a team of
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Secretary of State to the home
Department. Across... Thank you. I | 0:00:14 | 0:00:24 | |
would like to begin by updating the
House briefly on the recent tragedy | 0:00:24 | 0:00:29 | |
in Leicester. Five people are
confirmed to have died in an | 0:00:29 | 0:00:33 | |
explosion at a shop last night. Five
others remain in hospital, one with | 0:00:33 | 0:00:39 | |
serious injuries. My thanks to the
fire crews to continue to search for | 0:00:39 | 0:00:45 | |
survivors and hospital staff who are
working tirelessly to save lives. I | 0:00:45 | 0:00:49 | |
speak on the half of one of us when
our thoughts are with the family and | 0:00:49 | 0:00:53 | |
friends of those who have died and
injured. Domestic violence is a | 0:00:53 | 0:00:58 | |
devastating crime that shatters the
lives of victims and families. This | 0:00:58 | 0:01:05 | |
Government has introduced a new
offence of chorus of and controlling | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
behaviour and new tools to tackle
domestic violence and committed £100 | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
million to support victims. Across
greater Manchester domestic violence | 0:01:13 | 0:01:21 | |
offences rose about over 20% last
year. My constituents identified as | 0:01:21 | 0:01:27 | |
a particular hotspot by the police.
Local authorities and support groups | 0:01:27 | 0:01:32 | |
are working flat out to ensure
families are supported and | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
prosecutions take place with
significant Government cuts to the | 0:01:36 | 0:01:40 | |
services, what steps will she take
to ensure the forthcoming | 0:01:40 | 0:01:45 | |
legislation will adequately
resourced public services so that | 0:01:45 | 0:01:47 | |
they are equipped to deal with the
rise in domestic violence? I agree | 0:01:47 | 0:01:54 | |
with her that tackling domestic
violence and abuse is a priority and | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
it always will be for this
Government. Which is why we are | 0:01:57 | 0:02:02 | |
bringing forward the domestic
violence and abuse bill. There will | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
be a consultation fast and I hope
she will participate in that. We | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
have seen an increase in reporting
and it seems counterintuitive but it | 0:02:08 | 0:02:13 | |
is right to welcome but because it's
just shows that police are taking it | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
more seriously which is exactly what
we want. The Southerner domestic | 0:02:17 | 0:02:23 | |
abuse service does great work
tackling domestic violence in | 0:02:23 | 0:02:28 | |
southern Hampshire. Regional
charities do great work and are they | 0:02:28 | 0:02:35 | |
back the fundraising campaign to
build woman's venues. I joined him | 0:02:35 | 0:02:40 | |
in congratulating southern Hampshire
and taking action to protect women | 0:02:40 | 0:02:45 | |
and raise funds for refugees. Quite
often this is an area that needs the | 0:02:45 | 0:02:50 | |
support of local charities and the
councils and local activists making | 0:02:50 | 0:02:54 | |
sure that the women and the
community are kept safe. To domestic | 0:02:54 | 0:03:01 | |
violence victims in my constituency
came to see meat you asked me to | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
support this petition to ask the
Government to do more to tackle | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
serial domestic abusers including a
publicly accessible register to help | 0:03:09 | 0:03:14 | |
stop perpetrators like their former
partners success Li successfully | 0:03:14 | 0:03:20 | |
targeting new victims bridged.
Serial domestic abusers and one of | 0:03:20 | 0:03:26 | |
the worst elements of this whole
subject and I would encourage her | 0:03:26 | 0:03:31 | |
and have constituents to participate
in the consultation so we can make | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
sure that particular trend is
addressed. I welcome the article in | 0:03:35 | 0:03:42 | |
2-D's Times newspaper setting out a
clear commitment to this important | 0:03:42 | 0:03:45 | |
issue but does she agree that the
increased use of screens and video | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
links so that victims of domestic
violence are able to give evidence | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
without having to face the attacker
will not only leads to increased | 0:03:52 | 0:03:56 | |
reporting but given those victims a
voice in court? Thank you for | 0:03:56 | 0:04:02 | |
referring to that and the purpose of
the announcement made to date is | 0:04:02 | 0:04:07 | |
about making sure that victims have
more confidence to come forward, | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
more confidence about feeling safe
and we can be more certain of | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
getting the convictions they expect
and we all want. We would also want | 0:04:14 | 0:04:19 | |
to give thanks to the brave fire
crews and thoughts and prayers are | 0:04:19 | 0:04:24 | |
with the victims and their families.
The fact that the Home Secretary has | 0:04:24 | 0:04:30 | |
expressed concern about domestic
violence is welcome but we know that | 0:04:30 | 0:04:36 | |
on average two women a week at
killed by a current or former | 0:04:36 | 0:04:42 | |
partner, the end point of too much
to Vista violence. Domestic | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
violence. Refuge services in England
have shattered just over the last | 0:04:46 | 0:04:57 | |
few years, gone from 294 services to
2074 in 2017. It is all very well to | 0:04:57 | 0:05:06 | |
talk about the role of charities but
what is the Government going to do | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
to address the funding crisis that
the refugees now face? I would point | 0:05:10 | 0:05:18 | |
out that there are more beds
available to women seeking them now | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
than there were in 2010. As a
Government we would always make sure | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
that there are sufficient beds
needed by women so they are kept | 0:05:26 | 0:05:31 | |
safe when they need them. In terms
of domestic abuse prosecutions and | 0:05:31 | 0:05:38 | |
convictions, since 2010 prosecutions
have risen by 26% and convictions by | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
33% so it is good to see women are
able to come forward, it is good to | 0:05:42 | 0:05:48 | |
see the convictions are taking place
but it is still remains a terrible | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
crime and violence gender-based
violence done to women so I share | 0:05:52 | 0:05:57 | |
our view about the need to do
something but rest assured of this | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
Government is taking action and I
hope she will give her support to | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
the bill. Number two. EU citizens
read as a resident before we leave | 0:06:04 | 0:06:18 | |
the EU are covered by the agreement
we reached in December. Welcome | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
their contribution to our economy
and society. They and their families | 0:06:22 | 0:06:26 | |
can stay and carry on living the
Alexia. -- living in their lives | 0:06:26 | 0:06:31 | |
here. Many sectors that are right on
EU nationals are struggling with | 0:06:31 | 0:06:39 | |
recruitment. The Government has
created further uncertainty with | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
mixed messages about the status of
EU nationals that come here during | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
it additional period. Will she
provide clarity for businesses and | 0:06:45 | 0:06:51 | |
people thinking about coming here?
What will be their rights and will | 0:06:51 | 0:06:55 | |
it match the rights of the 3 million
EU citizens already living here? At | 0:06:55 | 0:07:01 | |
various points recently I have come
to this House and committed and | 0:07:01 | 0:07:06 | |
highlighted in the rates available
to EU nationals living here. The | 0:07:06 | 0:07:11 | |
Government has undertaken to provide
regular updates and I can assure the | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
House that'll be case going forward.
When might we get round to seeing | 0:07:14 | 0:07:21 | |
the immigration bill brought forward
on what is the reason for its | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
lengthy delay? Thank you for the
question. That was the subject of an | 0:07:23 | 0:07:30 | |
urgent question in the House and
they made it very clear that it | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
would be coming forward and due
course. While protecting the rights | 0:07:33 | 0:07:42 | |
of EU nationals to an already here,
can the Minister reassure my | 0:07:42 | 0:07:47 | |
constituents that whatever the other
details of the final Brexit | 0:07:47 | 0:07:51 | |
agreement it will include the end of
the movement? Thank you. I think we | 0:07:51 | 0:07:59 | |
have been very clear, when people
voted to leave the European Union in | 0:07:59 | 0:08:03 | |
2016 that will involve the end of
the free movement. I can certainly | 0:08:03 | 0:08:08 | |
reassured his constituents that will
be the case. I am pleased the | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
Government is delivering on its
pledge to secure the rights of EU | 0:08:11 | 0:08:18 | |
citizens of my constituency but
could she comment on how | 0:08:18 | 0:08:23 | |
straightforward applying to stay
might be on whether we might have a | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
little more detail? I think it is
really important that we make it | 0:08:25 | 0:08:32 | |
very clear that for EU citizens who
are already living here and have | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
come here before the specified date
we want to have a smooth and | 0:08:35 | 0:08:40 | |
seamless process as possible. They
will be able to apply online | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
digitally and the one that process
to open on a voluntary basis later | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
this year. The most recent migration
statistics shows immigration from | 0:08:46 | 0:08:59 | |
outside the EU which the Government
has always been able to control | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
going up. While EU citizens are
leaving and the largest numbers for | 0:09:02 | 0:09:09 | |
almost a decade the Government has
again postponed the white paper on | 0:09:09 | 0:09:15 | |
post Brexit immigration strategy.
Rather than taking back control is | 0:09:15 | 0:09:19 | |
this Government in fact driven by
confusion and in action? I would | 0:09:19 | 0:09:27 | |
like to reassure him we are working
very hard to make sure we have a | 0:09:27 | 0:09:32 | |
sustainable immigration system now
and going forward. I actually | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
welcome the fact that there are so
many students coming here to study | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
and she will be aware that there is
no limit on the number of students | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
that can come to this country but I
really welcome the number of EU | 0:09:42 | 0:09:46 | |
citizens who came to this country
not just looking for a job but with | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
a job to go to. Sewers Doi CDs
organised crime does not respect | 0:09:50 | 0:10:02 | |
boundaries which is why we tackle
organised crime groups head-on. The | 0:10:02 | 0:10:09 | |
Government has invested £140 million
and last year an additional £40 | 0:10:09 | 0:10:16 | |
million for the enhanced
capabilities in areas such as | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
cybercrime and undercover work. Does
he agree that when using informants | 0:10:20 | 0:10:27 | |
to tackle serious and organised
crime and should be an acceptable to | 0:10:27 | 0:10:31 | |
use paedophiles and informants and
such investigations? I understand | 0:10:31 | 0:10:36 | |
her concerns and I can assure the
use of informers are strongly | 0:10:36 | 0:10:41 | |
controlled by robust safeguards and
independent oversight. We must not | 0:10:41 | 0:10:45 | |
shy away from using informers as
they are used in second Ali certain | 0:10:45 | 0:10:51 | |
circumstances and absolutely vital.
As the Minister Howard of the | 0:10:51 | 0:11:00 | |
influence of Russia and our serious
and organised crime? Time and time | 0:11:00 | 0:11:08 | |
again Russian money and influence
and coming via Malta and Cyprus? | 0:11:08 | 0:11:17 | |
You are right,
and coming via Malta and Cyprus? | 0:11:17 | 0:11:17 | |
You are right, there's
and coming via Malta and Cyprus? | 0:11:17 | 0:11:17 | |
You are right, there's a
and coming via Malta and Cyprus? | 0:11:17 | 0:11:18 | |
You are right, there's a number
and coming via Malta and Cyprus? | 0:11:18 | 0:11:18 | |
You are right, there's a number of
and coming via Malta and Cyprus? | 0:11:18 | 0:11:18 | |
You are right, there's a number of
act eruptions and indeed other | 0:11:18 | 0:11:20 | |
nationals involved in organised
crime in this country -- number of | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
Russians. That is why we are looking
at the organised crime strategy | 0:11:23 | 0:11:27 | |
again and that is why we have
brought forward the criminal finance | 0:11:27 | 0:11:30 | |
act to give powers to deal with the
people who may be inflicting this | 0:11:30 | 0:11:35 | |
crime but also their money should
they choose to push it through this | 0:11:35 | 0:11:39 | |
country. Gavin Lowe Bunsen. -- Gavin
Robertson. You will be well aware of | 0:11:39 | 0:11:47 | |
crime gangs who operate in England
and Scotland and Wales and | 0:11:47 | 0:11:52 | |
internationally and he knows they
are subject to a paramilitary task | 0:11:52 | 0:12:01 | |
force but would he be happy to
discuss this? I would be happy. We | 0:12:01 | 0:12:05 | |
have got to tackle this like we have
tackled terrorism in the past, | 0:12:05 | 0:12:12 | |
disruption and using the broad
shoulders of the state, local | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
authorities and financial regulation
and the police and neighbourhood to | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
tackle these people. My honourable
friend will be aware of the article | 0:12:18 | 0:12:24 | |
because I sent it to him. That
appeared in the New York Times about | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
the British television series and my
friend has mentioned in the article | 0:12:28 | 0:12:34 | |
in connection with it, but does he
agree that while it is important to | 0:12:34 | 0:12:42 | |
recognise many Russians are involved
in organised crime is, it would be | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
wrong and simplistic to demonise a
whole nation and its immigrants in | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
the UK question -- UK? There is no
intention of demonising a country | 0:12:49 | 0:12:59 | |
and a culture and ethnicity, but
what is aborted to note the amount | 0:12:59 | 0:13:05 | |
of illicit money that comes into the
UK is from China and Russia, the | 0:13:05 | 0:13:10 | |
majority of it, and we have got to
tackle it, and these powers will | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
allow us to go upstream and take
some real action, if we take their | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
money away, they will know they are
not welcome in this country and | 0:13:16 | 0:13:20 | |
neither is their dirty money and
they can either go to prison or go | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
home. I was very grateful for the
opportunity to visit the National | 0:13:23 | 0:13:29 | |
Crime Agency this morning to see the
great work the staff are doing in | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
tackling crime but there is little
doubt that the tech giants could be | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
doing a great you're more. -- great
deal more. The Prime Minister was | 0:13:36 | 0:13:43 | |
asking them to do more recently but
you was also asking them to do more | 0:13:43 | 0:13:47 | |
in her early days as Home Secretary
nearly eight years ago. When can we | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
have more emphasis on action? You
are right, the empowerment that the | 0:13:51 | 0:13:56 | |
internet gives criminals and
terrorists is extraordinary and that | 0:13:56 | 0:14:01 | |
is why my friend has led the charge
at the global internet forum, | 0:14:01 | 0:14:07 | |
recently visiting Silicon Valley, to
make sure they start delivering and | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
we have seen some significant
changes in the taking down of | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
radicalised material but also
enabling us to catch the bad people | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
doing the crimes. It is important to
note that one of the reasons the | 0:14:16 | 0:14:21 | |
National Crime Agency and the police
and our intelligence services can | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
get to the bottom of these crimes is
because of the powers given to us | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
that some members of this house
still continue to try and block this | 0:14:27 | 0:14:32 | |
effectiveness. I'm grateful to my
honourable friend who is standing up | 0:14:32 | 0:14:40 | |
for his constituents in Sutton in
asking this question, and the | 0:14:40 | 0:14:45 | |
government has drawn up a
comprehensive action plan with the | 0:14:45 | 0:14:49 | |
police, motorcycle and insurance
industry leaders and local councils | 0:14:49 | 0:14:51 | |
and charities and representatives
from the motorcycle riding community | 0:14:51 | 0:14:57 | |
to focus on the causes of low paid
in a board crime and what works and | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
what more needs to be done -- mopeds
enabled crime. Does my friend agree | 0:15:00 | 0:15:10 | |
that the police already have the
necessary legal powers to tackle | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
this issue and what is important for
London is that across the 32 London | 0:15:12 | 0:15:17 | |
boroughs that are victims of this
crime is that the government | 0:15:17 | 0:15:20 | |
continues to work with the Met
police and the Mayor of London to | 0:15:20 | 0:15:24 | |
better effectively use the power to
tackle this scourge? Very much. And | 0:15:24 | 0:15:30 | |
of course the police at the powers
they need but also those powers need | 0:15:30 | 0:15:35 | |
to be used in conjunction with
charities and local authorities to | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
make sure that we have a thorough
response to this problem and we are | 0:15:37 | 0:15:43 | |
reviewing the law and guidance and
practice around pursuit because | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
there are concerns as to that
policy. We want to be sure that the | 0:15:46 | 0:15:52 | |
current arrangements provide the
right to legal protections for those | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
officers who pursue offenders and we
will publish the outcome of the | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
review shortly. Vince Cable. As the
representative of a relatively low | 0:15:58 | 0:16:05 | |
crime area, what is the government
doing to support the campaign | 0:16:05 | 0:16:09 | |
amongst petrol station owners to
stop serving mast riders? I had a | 0:16:09 | 0:16:16 | |
very good meeting, on I first
meetings was with the British petrol | 0:16:16 | 0:16:22 | |
retailers Association -- one of my
first. We have got to look at all | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
sorts of measures to see what will
work and this is why it is important | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
that as part of the action plan we
are involving not just law | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
enforcement and councils but we also
involving those who ride them | 0:16:33 | 0:16:38 | |
motorbikes and use them quite
legitimately. It isn't just mopeds | 0:16:38 | 0:16:44 | |
but also scrambler bikes and quad
bikes which are terrorising parts of | 0:16:44 | 0:16:50 | |
my constituency, where people are
being chased and they are being | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
blocked from gaining access to
rights of way, so what more can the | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
minister do to tackle this scourge?
Mopeds and other off-road bikes. We | 0:16:56 | 0:17:03 | |
are very keen that the police forces
collaborate on my bed and other | 0:17:03 | 0:17:08 | |
smaller vehicles -- collaborate on
mopeds and other smaller vehicles | 0:17:08 | 0:17:16 | |
relating to crimes, and I know the
Met police are using DNA sprays | 0:17:16 | 0:17:22 | |
which we have great hopes with in
terms of catching offenders, and | 0:17:22 | 0:17:27 | |
those ideas should be shared around
constabularies. I feel much better | 0:17:27 | 0:17:33 | |
informed about the mopeds situation
than I did five minutes ago and I | 0:17:33 | 0:17:40 | |
hope my colleagues feel the same.
Minister. The cap on Tier two visas | 0:17:40 | 0:17:46 | |
was brought in in 2007 and it
enables the government to control | 0:17:46 | 0:17:53 | |
migration and it encourages them to
look at the domestic workforce | 0:17:53 | 0:17:55 | |
before recruiting from overseas and
the government is clear that | 0:17:55 | 0:17:59 | |
carefully controlled migration
benefits the economy but we remain | 0:17:59 | 0:18:02 | |
committed to reducing migration and
protecting the jobs of British | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
workers. We keep all immigration
routes under control to make sure | 0:18:04 | 0:18:09 | |
that the system that serves the
national interest. Given that the | 0:18:09 | 0:18:13 | |
cap has been reached three times in
the last three months, what does she | 0:18:13 | 0:18:16 | |
say to employers like Addenbrooke's
Hospital in Cambridge were desperate | 0:18:16 | 0:18:20 | |
for skilled staff, and then they
find those people and then the | 0:18:20 | 0:18:25 | |
government says those people cannot
come here? I would like to reassure | 0:18:25 | 0:18:33 | |
you that no range of medical
professionals who are on the | 0:18:33 | 0:18:39 | |
shortage occupation list have been
refused a visas but what is | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
important is that we keep this under
review and we look carefully to make | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
sure that we recruit more doctors
and nurses within the UK and my | 0:18:46 | 0:18:51 | |
friend the Health Secretary is
committed to doing exactly that, | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
making sure there is an increased
amount of training places for nurses | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
and doctors. Is the minister aware
of the level of staff shortages in | 0:18:56 | 0:19:06 | |
economic areas and also the NHS and
social care and how is this likely | 0:19:06 | 0:19:14 | |
to pan out? Nurses are on the
shortage occupation list so no | 0:19:14 | 0:19:20 | |
nurses turned away but the important
thing is that we keep this under | 0:19:20 | 0:19:24 | |
review and we understand through our
work with the migration advisory | 0:19:24 | 0:19:28 | |
committee who are looking at the
pattern of EU workgroups in this | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
country, that women come forward
with an immigration policy affects | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
the needs of our economy -- that
when we come forward. As the Home | 0:19:34 | 0:19:41 | |
Office decided when EU citizens want
to come to our country to work in | 0:19:41 | 0:19:45 | |
the NHS after Brexit will be subject
to the Tier two these are cap? And | 0:19:45 | 0:19:50 | |
when do ministers intend to end this
on subsequent drop -- and this | 0:19:50 | 0:19:59 | |
uncertainty? We will be coming
forward with a immigration bill in | 0:19:59 | 0:20:04 | |
due course and we are going to
update our policies relating to | 0:20:04 | 0:20:10 | |
Brexit and that will happen. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:17 | |
Let's say from the honourable
gentleman. Can I start by | 0:20:22 | 0:20:28 | |
associating my party with the Home
Secretary's remarks about the | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
tragedy in Leicester. The minister
suggest that the system in terms of | 0:20:31 | 0:20:38 | |
the Tier two cap is under review but
that is not good enough, by | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
applicants in the last three months
might have no option but to apply | 0:20:41 | 0:20:46 | |
again in the coming months, making
evermore competitive 42 | 0:20:46 | 0:20:51 | |
sponsorships. -- competitive for
Tier two sponsorships. We are very | 0:20:51 | 0:21:00 | |
clear that businesses should look
first to employ people from within | 0:21:00 | 0:21:04 | |
the UK and we remain committed to
reducing migration to sustainable | 0:21:04 | 0:21:06 | |
levels. Businesses have told us that
our system compares well with our | 0:21:06 | 0:21:12 | |
global competitors and by they like
its speed and 70 -- they like. What | 0:21:12 | 0:21:20 | |
might work are some businesses, but
not all. The job would have required | 0:21:20 | 0:21:27 | |
to offer a salary of £55,000 or
above and that might be OK for | 0:21:27 | 0:21:32 | |
multinational companies in London
but that is much rarer elsewhere. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:38 | |
Will she make available information
about the geographic spread of jobs | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
that are qualified for certificates
and sponsorship over the last three | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
months | 0:21:45 | 0:21:47 | |
and sponsorship over the last three
months? Of course we do give a | 0:21:47 | 0:21:57 | |
separate shortage occupation list
for Scotland, but that broadly | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
reflects the list across the UK. We
look carefully at this issue but it | 0:22:00 | 0:22:04 | |
is important that he reflect upon
the fact that we are determined to | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
have a immigration system in the UK
that works for the whole country. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:11 | |
Stella Creasy. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
Since 2014 the UK has invested
approximately £200 million to fund | 0:22:19 | 0:22:23 | |
joint cooperation on illegal
migration in northern France. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:32 | |
Funding focuses on improving port
security and infrastructure, | 0:22:32 | 0:22:36 | |
services for children and tackling
organised crime including | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
trafficking, we have allocated 3.6
meeting pounds to work with France | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
to improve identification and
transfer of asylum seekers between | 0:22:43 | 0:22:47 | |
the UK and France including children
under the regulation. -- £3.6 | 0:22:47 | 0:22:52 | |
million for the euro border forces
say they are stopping around a | 0:22:52 | 0:22:58 | |
thousand people a week getting to
the UK yellow macro and a third of | 0:22:58 | 0:23:04 | |
these are minors. A teenager had
family on -- in Bahrain, but he was | 0:23:04 | 0:23:17 | |
stopped and then he died. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:18 | |
How do we make sure that border
forces are not sending children into | 0:23:21 | 0:23:27 | |
the arms traffickers? We should
always reflect that many perilous | 0:23:27 | 0:23:31 | |
journeys are made in the hands of
organised criminals, and it is | 0:23:31 | 0:23:35 | |
important, any loss of life is a
tragedy but controls are part of our | 0:23:35 | 0:23:44 | |
border, and the border staff force
are very well trained and they look | 0:23:44 | 0:23:48 | |
for vulnerabilities wherever they
see them but suddenly she makes a | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
very important point and we are
committed to doing more to May shall | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
we meet our allocation of children
but also under the Dublin regulation | 0:23:53 | 0:24:00 | |
-- doing more to meet. We resettle
thousands of children every year. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:06 | |
Sarries in agreement with the French
government, -- will our recent | 0:24:06 | 0:24:12 | |
agreement with the French government
reduced the number journeys to | 0:24:12 | 0:24:17 | |
northern France? A very important
component of the recent treaty was | 0:24:17 | 0:24:23 | |
to look at the whole route of
migration and it is critically | 0:24:23 | 0:24:27 | |
important that we understand we
can't solve this by working only | 0:24:27 | 0:24:31 | |
with France and there was a real
commitment with both Italy and | 0:24:31 | 0:24:33 | |
Greece to make sure especially with
reference to our commitment, that we | 0:24:33 | 0:24:39 | |
can make sure that we resettle the
children that we are determined to | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
bring to the UK. Thousands of
unaccompanied children at risk of | 0:24:41 | 0:24:47 | |
trafficking and exploitation still
sit in camps in Europe and further | 0:24:47 | 0:24:52 | |
afield are many have family members
in the UK, so will she amend the | 0:24:52 | 0:24:58 | |
immigration regulation so these
desperate children can join their | 0:24:58 | 0:25:00 | |
relatives here in the UK to be
granted safety and century? -- | 0:25:00 | 0:25:05 | |
sanctuary. We have another schemes
-- a number of schemes which allow | 0:25:05 | 0:25:13 | |
children to come to the UK, and we
are determined to make sure we meet | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
our international commitments and
humanitarian ones to make sure that | 0:25:16 | 0:25:20 | |
where we can help children in
desperate need across the continent | 0:25:20 | 0:25:23 | |
and indeed in the wider region that
we do so. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:31 | |
The Government has been clear that
there should be no space online for | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
terrorists and supporters to be
radicalised and recruit on site or | 0:25:34 | 0:25:40 | |
inspire. The UK has led the way in
setting up a global intranet Forum | 0:25:40 | 0:25:44 | |
for counterterrorism to insure the
larger internet providers take down | 0:25:44 | 0:25:49 | |
that material. From speaking to
experts the vast majority of Daesh | 0:25:49 | 0:26:07 | |
supporters have moved away from the
social media and of using private | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
messaging systems. What is the Home
Secretary doing to help tackle a | 0:26:10 | 0:26:14 | |
select? -- this threat? Then here's
right that has been the migration of | 0:26:14 | 0:26:25 | |
activity by radicalised people onto
smaller sites which is partly due to | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
some of the success taken place by
Facebook and Twitter and they are | 0:26:28 | 0:26:32 | |
moving on to the smaller sites.
There have been over 450 set up last | 0:26:32 | 0:26:36 | |
year which is why it is so important
to have a global internet forum for | 0:26:36 | 0:26:41 | |
counterterrorism because the larger
companies have committed to working | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
with the smaller companies to show
them how to adapt their platforms to | 0:26:44 | 0:26:47 | |
keep terrorists off-line. How does
it give the public confidence of the | 0:26:47 | 0:26:54 | |
Government anti-radicalisation and
terrorism strategy for the former | 0:26:54 | 0:26:58 | |
British soldier James Matthews who
fought alongside the Kurdish allies | 0:26:58 | 0:27:04 | |
against Isis to be prosecuted under
terrorist offences? I can not be | 0:27:04 | 0:27:11 | |
drawn on certain individual elements
because that particular case... | 0:27:11 | 0:27:17 | |
There are concerns about the way
which the Government is reporting. | 0:27:17 | 0:27:22 | |
No individual from this country can
go out and fight with another | 0:27:22 | 0:27:25 | |
person's Army terrorist organisation
and order to perhaps promote their | 0:27:25 | 0:27:30 | |
own way of life and we have to be
very clear and evenhanded about | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
this. Number eight. Prisoners are
illegal use of mobile phones enables | 0:27:32 | 0:27:44 | |
the continuum Ali continued
offending and threatens the safety | 0:27:44 | 0:27:49 | |
of our presence and harms our
communities. The Government has | 0:27:49 | 0:27:54 | |
introduced legislation to disconnect
mobile phones and presence. It has | 0:27:54 | 0:27:58 | |
invested £2 million in equipment and
the Ministry of Justice is working | 0:27:58 | 0:28:01 | |
closely with mobile network
operators to deliver cutting-edge | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
technology to prevent mobile phones
being smuggled into prisons and then | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
working. I have been dealing with
two cases recently where violent | 0:28:07 | 0:28:17 | |
partners have been running a
campaign of threats and intimidation | 0:28:17 | 0:28:21 | |
from within prison against their
former partners yet they still are | 0:28:21 | 0:28:25 | |
up for parole and does not seem to
me that the police locally who are | 0:28:25 | 0:28:31 | |
investigating these crimes are
contacting the Justice Department | 0:28:31 | 0:28:34 | |
prison service to insure that this
is taken into consideration when | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
these people are considered for
parole. Thank you and I appreciate I | 0:28:37 | 0:28:47 | |
cannot comment specifically on those
cases but I would ask to write to me | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
about it. I want to emphasise it is
getting harder and harder for | 0:28:50 | 0:28:54 | |
prisoners to get mobile phones into
prisons and to then use them. 150 | 0:28:54 | 0:28:59 | |
phones at least have been
disconnected since the | 0:28:59 | 0:29:03 | |
telecommunications restriction order
regulations came into force. We now | 0:29:03 | 0:29:10 | |
in December 79 illegal mobile phones
were seized as a result of a joint | 0:29:10 | 0:29:14 | |
operations between police and prison
services. What steps are being taken | 0:29:14 | 0:29:20 | |
by the Home Office, police and claim
commissioners and to set up proper | 0:29:20 | 0:29:28 | |
protocols for joint working between
police and prison services because | 0:29:28 | 0:29:33 | |
obviously it is illegal activity on
the outside as well as within the | 0:29:33 | 0:29:35 | |
prisons. This is something he knows
a great deal about. 23,000 handsets | 0:29:35 | 0:29:45 | |
and Sim cards were seized in prisons
last year and the Government is | 0:29:45 | 0:29:51 | |
investing £25 million to create a
new security directorate in prisons | 0:29:51 | 0:29:56 | |
and £40 million to transform our
intelligence search and destruction | 0:29:56 | 0:30:00 | |
kickabout is an presence at the
National regional and local levels. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:04 | |
This includes more than £3 million
to establish serious organised crime | 0:30:04 | 0:30:08 | |
units to deny offenders space to
operate in prisons. Number nine. Her | 0:30:08 | 0:30:18 | |
Majesty 's Inspectorate report
regularly on efficiency and then the | 0:30:18 | 0:30:24 | |
last report the ranks to forces as
outstanding, Thames Valley and | 0:30:24 | 0:30:28 | |
Durham. 30 forces as good including
Northamptonshire and ten forces as | 0:30:28 | 0:30:32 | |
requiring improvement. Are the most
efficient forces getting together | 0:30:32 | 0:30:40 | |
with the least efficient forces so
that the least efficient forces can | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
raise their game? It is an excellent
question, one of the greatest | 0:30:43 | 0:30:49 | |
challenges facing our police system
is how we encourage and support | 0:30:49 | 0:30:54 | |
greater collaboration and spreading
of ideas but we have joint working | 0:30:54 | 0:31:01 | |
groups around emergency services and
something we look at very closely. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:06 | |
For my constituents that is only one
test of police efficiency, can we | 0:31:06 | 0:31:10 | |
sleep easily at night free from
crime and Derby police on the | 0:31:10 | 0:31:14 | |
streets to keep a safe? On
Merseyside which is rated good | 0:31:14 | 0:31:18 | |
reported incidents of burglary and
22%, rape is up by 32%, robbery is | 0:31:18 | 0:31:24 | |
up by 31% the list goes on. The only
thing that is down as the number of | 0:31:24 | 0:31:29 | |
police. 4700 police officers five
years ago, today less than 3500. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:36 | |
Will he reassured the people of
America said about this situation? | 0:31:36 | 0:31:44 | |
She admitted one figure which is the
amount of cash available to | 0:31:44 | 0:31:47 | |
Merseyside Police which is up £5
million next year. And | 0:31:47 | 0:31:54 | |
Northamptonshire we have seen
cutting edge policing and Fire | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
Service innovation leading to better
outcomes for local people. How can | 0:31:57 | 0:32:01 | |
that innovation be shared with other
forces and by the Government | 0:32:01 | 0:32:04 | |
continued to support innovation as
much as possible? I think it is fair | 0:32:04 | 0:32:11 | |
to say Northamptonshire is closely
associated with best practice on | 0:32:11 | 0:32:16 | |
collaboration across the emergency
services. It sets an example to the | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
rest of the country and he will be
aware that the local Police and | 0:32:19 | 0:32:22 | |
Crime Commissioner has applied for
joint governess of fire and police. | 0:32:22 | 0:32:32 | |
Sutton police are very efficient. As
the Minister aware of the Mayor of | 0:32:32 | 0:32:35 | |
London's plans which will see the
merger of Sutton, Bromley and | 0:32:35 | 0:32:41 | |
Croydon police and does he share my
concern that the that would lead to | 0:32:41 | 0:32:45 | |
them being less efficient and not
able to focus on the needs of each | 0:32:45 | 0:32:48 | |
borough? I am a London MP and my
constituents and expressing the same | 0:32:48 | 0:32:53 | |
concerns about plans in north-west
London. The bottom line is these | 0:32:53 | 0:33:00 | |
operating decisions are being driven
by the Police and Crime Commissioner | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
team and the Commissioner. They are
accountable to the public for these | 0:33:03 | 0:33:07 | |
decisions. HMI si identified
forensics as one of the key areas | 0:33:07 | 0:33:19 | |
impeding forensics and losing... It
is shockingly the minister told me | 0:33:19 | 0:33:23 | |
any decent present written answer
that private providers and civil | 0:33:23 | 0:33:26 | |
cases do not need to meet any
specific scientific standards. There | 0:33:26 | 0:33:30 | |
is no regulation in this area at
all. Forensics is becoming the wild | 0:33:30 | 0:33:34 | |
west of the criminal justice system
so when will the Government stop | 0:33:34 | 0:33:38 | |
dithering and act to give the
regulators the powers we have been | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
calling for? I do not think her
description is justified to the work | 0:33:41 | 0:33:52 | |
of the regulator. Their standards
have increased. We have needed | 0:33:52 | 0:33:55 | |
quickly we want to put our powers on
a statutory basis and the elect to | 0:33:55 | 0:34:01 | |
ensuring the exploring opportunities
to do that. Question ten. It is true | 0:34:01 | 0:34:09 | |
that response times have increased
gradually over the last 20 years but | 0:34:09 | 0:34:15 | |
over the same period the number of
fires and fire related fatalities | 0:34:15 | 0:34:20 | |
and casualties has decreased. There
is no clear link between a response | 0:34:20 | 0:34:24 | |
times at and firefighter numbers. A
range of factors influence of | 0:34:24 | 0:34:29 | |
response times including changing
traffic levels and call handling. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:35 | |
Time and and rescue service has the
lowest spending power per incident | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
of any Fire and Rescue Service. When
Danny Government intends to funding | 0:34:38 | 0:34:44 | |
Fire And Rescue Services based on
risk and not just demand? Tying and | 0:34:44 | 0:34:52 | |
we will receive £47.7 million of
spending and next year an increase | 0:34:52 | 0:34:59 | |
of 0.8% complete with last year. It
also has £23 million of reserves | 0:34:59 | 0:35:06 | |
which represents almost 50% of
revenue. Number 11. It is the | 0:35:06 | 0:35:17 | |
responsibility of the National joint
Council to consider what pay award | 0:35:17 | 0:35:20 | |
is appropriate for firefighters in
England. Central Government has no | 0:35:20 | 0:35:23 | |
role in this process. Firefighters
going to burning buildings to save | 0:35:23 | 0:35:31 | |
lives, professional compassionate
heroes. They put their lives at risk | 0:35:31 | 0:35:34 | |
to save our families. Can the
Minister really look every single | 0:35:34 | 0:35:38 | |
one of them in the eye and tell them
it is acceptable that they have in | 0:35:38 | 0:35:42 | |
real terms received a pay cut? What
I say is that the Government | 0:35:42 | 0:35:58 | |
determined to make sure that
firefighters who do difficult to | 0:35:58 | 0:36:02 | |
dangerous work as we have seen and
Leicester get fair pay for their | 0:36:02 | 0:36:05 | |
work. It is also very true that over
recent years they have been asked to | 0:36:05 | 0:36:10 | |
make sacrifices as part of the
contribution to getting on top of | 0:36:10 | 0:36:13 | |
the deficit to be inherited from the
party opposite. The are active pay | 0:36:13 | 0:36:19 | |
negotiations going on between
employer and deploy these which we | 0:36:19 | 0:36:23 | |
are watching very closely. It is for
them to sort it out we believe Fire | 0:36:23 | 0:36:27 | |
authorities have the resources to
make an appropriate offer but we are | 0:36:27 | 0:36:32 | |
watching it very closely and
engaging with them and if we can | 0:36:32 | 0:36:38 | |
help and we will but we need to see
a business case for that. Last | 0:36:38 | 0:36:47 | |
night's fire in Leicestershire were
five people very sadly lost their | 0:36:47 | 0:36:50 | |
lives once again highlighted the
bravery of our firefighters. The | 0:36:50 | 0:36:54 | |
number of firefighters has been cut
by 11,000 since 2010 and the Rangers | 0:36:54 | 0:36:58 | |
have seen a deal terms pay cut. --
their wages have seen a pay cut. The | 0:36:58 | 0:37:08 | |
same time deaths and fires have
increased. I would like to ask the | 0:37:08 | 0:37:12 | |
Minister to reconsider the levels of
funding and resources for a Fire | 0:37:12 | 0:37:15 | |
Service and whilst that has been
praised today for firefighters when | 0:37:15 | 0:37:19 | |
will the Government paying them a
fair wage for the courageous work | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
they undertake? When? Nobody
disputes that courageous work, we | 0:37:22 | 0:37:30 | |
sought at Grenfell Tower and
yesterday in Leicester but the point | 0:37:30 | 0:37:36 | |
is that our active negotiations
going on between those who are | 0:37:36 | 0:37:40 | |
responsible, employer and employee.
Central Government does not have a | 0:37:40 | 0:37:43 | |
role in that process unless we have
called in for additional support. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:49 | |
She talks about reserves, Labour are
in denial on this. The file system | 0:37:49 | 0:37:56 | |
that claims to be short of cash has
increased its reserves by £288 | 0:37:56 | 0:38:03 | |
million since 2011. You can only
increase those reserves by not using | 0:38:03 | 0:38:06 | |
the money that you have been given.
Our question to the Fire Service as | 0:38:06 | 0:38:11 | |
tell us what you will do with the
public's money will stop. The level | 0:38:11 | 0:38:19 | |
of support provided to refugees and
asylum seekers will vary depending | 0:38:19 | 0:38:23 | |
on their status and the route they
were granted. Last week 11 on I had | 0:38:23 | 0:38:28 | |
first hand how important our
resettlement scheme is and how it | 0:38:28 | 0:38:32 | |
helps individuals and families
fleeing danger and confined to | 0:38:32 | 0:38:34 | |
rebuild their lives. A recent report
from refugee rights Europe showed | 0:38:34 | 0:38:41 | |
that two thirds of asylum seekers
feel either unsafe very unsafe and | 0:38:41 | 0:38:45 | |
accommodation. An eye surgery I met
a constituent from Malawi. Robbie | 0:38:45 | 0:38:52 | |
Home Secretary agreed to meet with
me to discuss that case but the | 0:38:52 | 0:38:56 | |
recent report? We are committed to
ensuring that all asylum seekers as | 0:38:56 | 0:39:03 | |
sick kept in safe accommodation so I
will meet with him to look at the | 0:39:03 | 0:39:07 | |
evidence but can I take the
opportunity to thank the city of | 0:39:07 | 0:39:09 | |
Glasgow who do so much and are way
above proportionately to look after | 0:39:09 | 0:39:14 | |
vulnerable people and refugees. Will
she join with me and thanking | 0:39:14 | 0:39:23 | |
Worcestershire County Council who
recently agreed to resettle 50 more | 0:39:23 | 0:39:26 | |
silly in a refugees taking the total
to 100 and the county. -- city | 0:39:26 | 0:39:30 | |
refugees. -- refugees from Syria. I
join her and thanking our counsel | 0:39:30 | 0:39:40 | |
for doing this. The great success of
the resettlement seem scheme was | 0:39:40 | 0:39:49 | |
something I was able to celebrate
last week. It is the generosity of | 0:39:49 | 0:39:53 | |
the British people and the support
of local authorities and councils | 0:39:53 | 0:39:56 | |
which allowed that to take place. We
must be mindful of the bot councils | 0:39:56 | 0:39:59 | |
and committees do. I am pleased one
of the first families to BD settled | 0:39:59 | 0:40:07 | |
from Syria and the sponsorship
scheme lives in my constituency but | 0:40:07 | 0:40:11 | |
they are trying to bring over the
appearance for an important family | 0:40:11 | 0:40:15 | |
visit and they add in a refugee camp
in 11 on. -- Lebanon. Could she meet | 0:40:15 | 0:40:24 | |
me to discuss this case and the
wider issue affecting refugees? I | 0:40:24 | 0:40:32 | |
understand the difficulty and
heartbreak that goes sometimes with | 0:40:32 | 0:40:36 | |
the wider families when they are
resettled over here. We have two | 0:40:36 | 0:40:40 | |
alone people to do their job to make
their selection based on the most | 0:40:40 | 0:40:44 | |
vulnerable and there are some
schemes which allow for additional | 0:40:44 | 0:40:49 | |
family in. I would absolutely
welcome her meeting with one of my | 0:40:49 | 0:40:53 | |
colleagues of ministers but I must
put before the House the fact that | 0:40:53 | 0:40:59 | |
although we do this resettle
families if we did the wider family | 0:40:59 | 0:41:01 | |
it would take up too much of the
space allowed. When I met with | 0:41:01 | 0:41:10 | |
refugee families at an event run by
volunteers recently one woman showed | 0:41:10 | 0:41:16 | |
me the heartbreaking footage that
has sisters have centred on her | 0:41:16 | 0:41:20 | |
phone. The stranded in Syria of
injured children are being moved | 0:41:20 | 0:41:25 | |
from rubble. Given how few Syrian
refugees we have taken into date | 0:41:25 | 0:41:29 | |
wattle and the Government give to
refugees here to fear for their | 0:41:29 | 0:41:33 | |
lives of their parents and siblings
who are stuck in danger and Syria or | 0:41:33 | 0:41:37 | |
refugee camps and neighbouring
countries. | 0:41:37 | 0:41:42 | |
I would say that we have all seen
those pictures and we have all seen | 0:41:42 | 0:41:46 | |
the images of the children, I saw
for myself last week the children in | 0:41:46 | 0:41:50 | |
the refugee camp in Lebanon and it
is heartbreaking and I believe the | 0:41:50 | 0:41:56 | |
UK is doing the right thing by
taking up to 20,000 by 2020, this is | 0:41:56 | 0:42:01 | |
five times as many as were resettled
by the region under the former | 0:42:01 | 0:42:05 | |
Labour government and more than any
other European country in terms of | 0:42:05 | 0:42:09 | |
resettlement from the region and I
do believe the UK is doing its bit | 0:42:09 | 0:42:13 | |
but this is a double approach we are
also one of the largest bilateral | 0:42:13 | 0:42:17 | |
donors to the area having put in
£2.4 billion since the Syrian | 0:42:17 | 0:42:21 | |
crisis. The department continues to
make preparations for a range of | 0:42:21 | 0:42:30 | |
possible outcomes from the UK's
negotiations with the EU working in | 0:42:30 | 0:42:34 | |
coordination with the Department for
exiting the EU and others, and we | 0:42:34 | 0:42:39 | |
already recruiting additional staff
in border force and across the wider | 0:42:39 | 0:42:43 | |
UK Department to make sure that we
have preparations well underway for | 0:42:43 | 0:42:48 | |
leaving the EU. Can she tell the
House how much has been invested in | 0:42:48 | 0:42:54 | |
our borders since the referendum and
how much is planned between now and | 0:42:54 | 0:42:58 | |
Brexit day in March 2019 and will
the Home Office be ready and | 0:42:58 | 0:43:04 | |
prepared for every single
eventuality? As I reassured my | 0:43:04 | 0:43:09 | |
honourable friend, we are making
preparations for every eventuality | 0:43:09 | 0:43:13 | |
and the Home Office has already
invested £60 million and we will | 0:43:13 | 0:43:19 | |
continue to review the funding
position as negotiations continue | 0:43:19 | 0:43:23 | |
and details of the final agreement
become clear, and as you might | 0:43:23 | 0:43:26 | |
expect we are in continuing
discussions with Her Majesty 's | 0:43:26 | 0:43:28 | |
Trevor -- Treasury. Yvette Cooper | 0:43:28 | 0:43:34 | |
B government has committed might
macro to the avoidance of a hard | 0:43:34 | 0:43:42 | |
border in Northern Ireland -- the
government has committed to the | 0:43:42 | 0:43:50 | |
avoidance of a hard border in
Northern Ireland, and so far the | 0:43:50 | 0:43:53 | |
government has not set out anyway to
operate border and customs checks if | 0:43:53 | 0:43:58 | |
the UK is outside a customs union
without some kind of physical | 0:43:58 | 0:44:01 | |
infrastructure such as cameras at or
near the border, can the minister | 0:44:01 | 0:44:08 | |
confirm that their commitment to no
physical infrastructure also means a | 0:44:08 | 0:44:15 | |
commitment to no cameras at or near
the border which would also provide | 0:44:15 | 0:44:18 | |
a security threat? I thank you for
that question. She will be aware we | 0:44:18 | 0:44:24 | |
have made a firm commitment to no
hard border and we will also | 0:44:24 | 0:44:28 | |
continue to update the house as
negotiations progress. | 0:44:28 | 0:44:32 | |
As a proportion of overall violence
and alcohol-related violent crime | 0:44:38 | 0:44:43 | |
rises steadily from 41% in 1995 to
now 55% in 2009, and more recent EA | 0:44:43 | 0:44:49 | |
has fallen back to 40% of all
violent crime -- it has fallen. The | 0:44:49 | 0:44:55 | |
cost of alcohol misuse to society is
estimated to be around £21 billion a | 0:44:55 | 0:45:00 | |
year with out while later crime
estimated to account for around £11 | 0:45:00 | 0:45:04 | |
billion a year and we continue to
equip the police to take effective | 0:45:04 | 0:45:08 | |
action. The minister is aware of the
terrible damage that alcohol does | 0:45:08 | 0:45:16 | |
but is she aware of recent reports
implicating alcohol as a major | 0:45:16 | 0:45:21 | |
factor in child abuse amongst other
things? When is the government going | 0:45:21 | 0:45:26 | |
to take effective action to reduce
levels of alcohol abuse and the | 0:45:26 | 0:45:30 | |
suffering and cost it still in
fixing our society? This is an issue | 0:45:30 | 0:45:35 | |
which the Home Office and the
Department of Health takes very | 0:45:35 | 0:45:40 | |
seriously and we announced recently
a report on helping children of | 0:45:40 | 0:45:44 | |
alcoholic parents but violent crime
is down and alcohol consumption | 0:45:44 | 0:45:50 | |
overall is down especially with
young people but of course looking | 0:45:50 | 0:45:54 | |
at this issue is very important,
especially when it comes to the | 0:45:54 | 0:45:57 | |
issue of domestic abuse and we will
be looking at how we can deal with | 0:45:57 | 0:46:02 | |
this issue in combination with the
Department of Health as part of our | 0:46:02 | 0:46:08 | |
modern crime prevention strategy. It
has been confirmed that all | 0:46:08 | 0:46:13 | |
alcoholic drinks in Scotland must
cost at least 50p per unit from May | 0:46:13 | 0:46:17 | |
of this year, will the minister now
review our alcohol strategy to allow | 0:46:17 | 0:46:22 | |
us to take up this evidence -based
policy that will do so much to | 0:46:22 | 0:46:27 | |
tackle the scourge of cheap
high-street alcohol and reduce | 0:46:27 | 0:46:30 | |
pressure on the emergency services?
We are of course aware of the | 0:46:30 | 0:46:37 | |
Scottish Parliament's policy on this
and we are looking at it with | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
interest. In terms of alcohol
strategy we have set out our | 0:46:40 | 0:46:45 | |
strategy in the 2016 strategy
dealing with modern crime but it is | 0:46:45 | 0:46:49 | |
of course something we keep under
review. I was one of those who was | 0:46:49 | 0:46:54 | |
persuaded years ago that we needed
reform our late-night drinking laws | 0:46:54 | 0:46:59 | |
but in reality it has been a
failure, would the government now | 0:46:59 | 0:47:02 | |
seems the consider talking to our
police forces and local authorities | 0:47:02 | 0:47:06 | |
about how we can make sure that
there is a more rational way of | 0:47:06 | 0:47:09 | |
dealing with late-night drinking so
we don't see the present problems | 0:47:09 | 0:47:12 | |
that it causes? Very much so, and
this is a matter for review, and a | 0:47:12 | 0:47:22 | |
matter for police and crime
commissioners and local police | 0:47:22 | 0:47:24 | |
forces is to look at in their own
local area and we have changed the | 0:47:24 | 0:47:27 | |
late-night levy to make it more
flexible and targeted so district | 0:47:27 | 0:47:33 | |
councils can use that for the areas
that present the most harm in terms | 0:47:33 | 0:47:36 | |
of the night-time economy. On
Saturday night I was out along with | 0:47:36 | 0:47:44 | |
an inspector, seeing how they police
talkie's night-time economy, it is | 0:47:44 | 0:47:50 | |
important that councils work with
their local policing teams and would | 0:47:50 | 0:47:53 | |
she agreed to meet so we can look at
provisions for things like the | 0:47:53 | 0:47:57 | |
vagrancy act which have not rehab
with our night-time economy? Of | 0:47:57 | 0:48:02 | |
course, local councils and local
policing teams know where the | 0:48:02 | 0:48:04 | |
hotspots of travel can be in their
local areas which is why it is | 0:48:04 | 0:48:09 | |
essential that councils and police
work together and I would be | 0:48:09 | 0:48:12 | |
delighted to meet to discuss this
important issue. Mr Paul Sweeney. | 0:48:12 | 0:48:20 | |
Number one. I would like to update
the House on the UK's recent ranking | 0:48:20 | 0:48:28 | |
as one of the least corrupt
countries in the world following our | 0:48:28 | 0:48:31 | |
decisive action to tackle corruption
at home and abroad, and transparency | 0:48:31 | 0:48:34 | |
international's index ranks 180
countries on perceived public-sector | 0:48:34 | 0:48:41 | |
corruption and the latest index
published last Wednesday, the UK | 0:48:41 | 0:48:45 | |
moved up two places from joint tenth
place least corrupt to join eight, | 0:48:45 | 0:48:49 | |
we now have the second-highest score
in the G20 and our improved position | 0:48:49 | 0:48:55 | |
reflects the proactive approach this
government has taken to combat | 0:48:55 | 0:48:58 | |
corruption but we recognise that
there is still more to do and the | 0:48:58 | 0:49:02 | |
national anti-corruption strategy
published in December established an | 0:49:02 | 0:49:05 | |
ambitious framework to tackle
corruption until 2022 and contains | 0:49:05 | 0:49:09 | |
over a hundred commitments to guide
government efforts and I know | 0:49:09 | 0:49:13 | |
ministers and the prime minister's
anti-corruption champion and the | 0:49:13 | 0:49:18 | |
member for Weston-Super-Mare will
support me in driving efforts across | 0:49:18 | 0:49:20 | |
government and around the world.
Most useful answer, but far too | 0:49:20 | 0:49:25 | |
long. Officials drafted and maybe a
minister sometimes needs to apply | 0:49:25 | 0:49:32 | |
the blue pencil, but we are grateful
to the Home Secretary for what she | 0:49:32 | 0:49:35 | |
said. Despite overwhelming evidence
from cities around the world the | 0:49:35 | 0:49:42 | |
Home Secretary still prevents a
pilot study on a safe drug | 0:49:42 | 0:49:46 | |
consumption in the city of Glasgow
where drug debt levels are at record | 0:49:46 | 0:49:52 | |
numbers for I don't find the
evidence as conclusive as he does, | 0:49:52 | 0:50:01 | |
and this is an area which has
different champions and different | 0:50:01 | 0:50:04 | |
reviews, and if you want to meet
with my honourable friend, I'm happy | 0:50:04 | 0:50:07 | |
to do that but we can't see any
progress in that report at the | 0:50:07 | 0:50:17 | |
moment. Is there not a case to look
to the Ambulance Service and whether | 0:50:17 | 0:50:25 | |
it should come under the same
jurisdiction? Yes, to the last but, | 0:50:25 | 0:50:32 | |
Northamptonshire is a good example
of where emergency services are | 0:50:32 | 0:50:35 | |
working across the city, and Roger
Hurst in Essex became the first | 0:50:35 | 0:50:45 | |
police and fire commissioner. We aim
to make an announcement soon. Diane | 0:50:45 | 0:50:50 | |
Abbott. Ministers will be aware that
I visited the immigration detention | 0:50:50 | 0:50:58 | |
centre last week and after year of
asking the Home Office to be allowed | 0:50:58 | 0:51:02 | |
to visit. Art ministers aware of the
long-standing concerns about the | 0:51:02 | 0:51:08 | |
quality of medical care at yours
would? -- are. Is the minister aware | 0:51:08 | 0:51:14 | |
that victims of trafficking and
sexual abuse are being held at this | 0:51:14 | 0:51:20 | |
immigration centre country to
government undertakings and is the | 0:51:20 | 0:51:21 | |
minister aware that someone at the
immigration centre is on hunger | 0:51:21 | 0:51:27 | |
strike? The women of this
immigration centre are desperate and | 0:51:27 | 0:51:33 | |
we owe them a duty of care, will the
minister agreed to meet with me so | 0:51:33 | 0:51:37 | |
that I can share with her the
specific concerns that so many women | 0:51:37 | 0:51:42 | |
raised with me? I'm always delighted
to meet with the right honourable | 0:51:42 | 0:51:48 | |
lady and to listen carefully to any
of the suggestions she has and her | 0:51:48 | 0:51:53 | |
experiences, but I would say that we
have taken the health of everybody | 0:51:53 | 0:51:58 | |
at any detained sent a very serious
the and there are high levels of | 0:51:58 | 0:52:02 | |
standards there -- any detained
centres. I was concerned by some of | 0:52:02 | 0:52:07 | |
her suggestions afterwards when she
made her speech, did immigration | 0:52:07 | 0:52:14 | |
centres play an important part in
enforcing our immigration rules, and | 0:52:14 | 0:52:19 | |
some of the people there are very
dangerous and it is like that they | 0:52:19 | 0:52:24 | |
are detained and removed. -- it is
right. Will the police and fire | 0:52:24 | 0:52:36 | |
minister translate the Fire and
Rescue Service into the police and | 0:52:36 | 0:52:39 | |
crime commission in
Northamptonshire? As you no | 0:52:39 | 0:52:43 | |
application has been made, and it
has been assessed, but we have had | 0:52:43 | 0:52:48 | |
to delay a decision on that because
of the inspection in | 0:52:48 | 0:52:52 | |
Northamptonshire and we need to make
sure that the financial projections | 0:52:52 | 0:52:56 | |
and assumptions are built on rock
rather than sand and he appreciates | 0:52:56 | 0:52:59 | |
that. As soon as the processes
result we want to move ahead with a | 0:52:59 | 0:53:03 | |
decision as quickly as possible.
Many constituents have contacted me | 0:53:03 | 0:53:09 | |
about the limited provisions of the
refugee family reunion, will the | 0:53:09 | 0:53:13 | |
minister undertake to expand the
provisions of refugee family reunion | 0:53:13 | 0:53:17 | |
in line with the concerns of my
constituents? I thank you for the | 0:53:17 | 0:53:23 | |
question, we had a Westminster Hall
debate on this subject last week and | 0:53:23 | 0:53:27 | |
the honourable member has a private
members bill coming forward on the | 0:53:27 | 0:53:32 | |
16th of March. This is a policy area
where we do enable some refugee | 0:53:32 | 0:53:41 | |
families to be reunited here and we
have a proud track record of | 0:53:41 | 0:53:44 | |
resettling 10,000 of the 20,000 so
far that we are expecting under the | 0:53:44 | 0:53:49 | |
vulnerable persons resettling
scheme, an important policy and we | 0:53:49 | 0:53:54 | |
are determined to be as
compassionate as we can within the | 0:53:54 | 0:53:56 | |
commitment we have already made.
Will the minister join me in | 0:53:56 | 0:54:02 | |
congratulating Kent Police who have
been rated outstanding for the third | 0:54:02 | 0:54:05 | |
year in a row, the only police force
who have done so. I consider me do | 0:54:05 | 0:54:13 | |
that, Kent is regularly rated
excellent for the good service | 0:54:13 | 0:54:21 | |
delivers and it performs well across
all strands of inspections and has | 0:54:21 | 0:54:23 | |
been granted outstanding with the
legitimacy with which it keeps | 0:54:23 | 0:54:28 | |
people safe from crime and I would
like to congratulate the | 0:54:28 | 0:54:33 | |
Commissioner and the leadership and
front line officers in Kent for the | 0:54:33 | 0:54:35 | |
outstanding work they do. In
Rotherham 1510 adult survivors have | 0:54:35 | 0:54:41 | |
now been identified by the National
Crime Agency -- 1500. These cases | 0:54:41 | 0:54:50 | |
will start to fall to, so we'll the
minister please abort the funding | 0:54:50 | 0:54:56 | |
application from Rotherham to get a
package of care around those | 0:54:56 | 0:54:59 | |
survivors? -- will the minister. I
thank you for the question and also | 0:54:59 | 0:55:08 | |
the meeting she requested my
attendance for, and there has been a | 0:55:08 | 0:55:11 | |
significant government investment in
response to child sexual | 0:55:11 | 0:55:15 | |
exploitation in Rotherham including
£5.1 million to fund a | 0:55:15 | 0:55:21 | |
transformational change there,
funding for police forces to meet | 0:55:21 | 0:55:23 | |
the cost of unexpected events and up
to £2 million for children's social | 0:55:23 | 0:55:28 | |
care in recognition of social
workers increased workload, we have | 0:55:28 | 0:55:35 | |
previously provided approximately
£5.6 million for operation stove and | 0:55:35 | 0:55:40 | |
we are considering an application
for funding for the cost of | 0:55:40 | 0:55:47 | |
investigation in 2017-2018. Although
we are leaving the EU, does the | 0:55:47 | 0:55:53 | |
government remain committed to
counter terrorist work with our | 0:55:53 | 0:56:02 | |
neighbours? He is right, existing
data transfer along existing | 0:56:02 | 0:56:12 | |
schemes, is one of the things that
keeps all of our citizens safe and | 0:56:12 | 0:56:17 | |
other European citizens safe, which
is why the UK has proposed a | 0:56:17 | 0:56:20 | |
third-party treaty so we can engage
just as excessively and just as | 0:56:20 | 0:56:23 | |
fully with the EU as we have before,
giving Londoners -- keeping | 0:56:23 | 0:56:31 | |
Londoners in Paris and Parisians in
London just as safe as they were | 0:56:31 | 0:56:33 | |
before. | 0:56:33 | 0:56:36 | |
I understand she met with the family
of Alfie this morning and the | 0:56:36 | 0:56:43 | |
Minister was to help to find a
solution within the existing | 0:56:43 | 0:56:47 | |
regulations. Can she did the House
on when Alfie and others in a | 0:56:47 | 0:56:50 | |
similar position will receive the
medicines they need? I can confirm I | 0:56:50 | 0:56:55 | |
did meet with the parents and
grandmother of Alfie this morning to | 0:56:55 | 0:57:04 | |
say exactly for they said at this
dispatch box last week in terms of | 0:57:04 | 0:57:08 | |
her intention to explore every
option within the existing | 0:57:08 | 0:57:10 | |
regulations. Shouldn't the provision
of prescription medicines even if | 0:57:10 | 0:57:21 | |
derived from narcotics be a purely
clinical matter? I am looking at | 0:57:21 | 0:57:27 | |
this through the lens of what we can
do within the existing regulation to | 0:57:27 | 0:57:31 | |
support Alfie and those decisions
will be clinically led. What | 0:57:31 | 0:57:36 | |
discussions she has had with Cabinet
colleagues on preparing for cyber | 0:57:36 | 0:57:43 | |
attacks against critical national
infrastructure is? This is an area | 0:57:43 | 0:57:49 | |
we will constantly keep under
review, it is sometimes covered by | 0:57:49 | 0:57:54 | |
the Cabinet. We have the national
cyber Security strategy backed up by | 0:57:54 | 0:57:58 | |
the National cyber Security Centre,
something we are very aware too and | 0:57:58 | 0:58:03 | |
will continue to discuss to make
sure this country is kept safe. I | 0:58:03 | 0:58:07 | |
have been contacted by a local
optician who is a tear to sponsor | 0:58:07 | 0:58:14 | |
because optometry is a priority
profession he has been affected by | 0:58:14 | 0:58:19 | |
the cap being reached in recent
months. Will the Minister and | 0:58:19 | 0:58:23 | |
colleagues consider including
optometrists as priority | 0:58:23 | 0:58:27 | |
professionals for Tier two visas?
The Tier two cap ensures that | 0:58:27 | 0:58:34 | |
bringing the best talent to the UK
will still controlling numbers. Any | 0:58:34 | 0:58:38 | |
professional on the list
automatically gets priority. It is | 0:58:38 | 0:58:41 | |
determined by the committee who have
not yet included opticians on the | 0:58:41 | 0:58:46 | |
list and as you will know they are
currently carrying out a major | 0:58:46 | 0:58:49 | |
labour market review. We now we have
a flat cash police settlement this | 0:58:49 | 0:58:59 | |
year and local ratepayers are going
to have to increase rates to meet | 0:58:59 | 0:59:03 | |
the needs. Do we yet know who will
pay for the police pay rise given | 0:59:03 | 0:59:07 | |
the Police Federation 3.4% request?
You have to look at the police | 0:59:07 | 0:59:14 | |
settlement and in the round, actors
in balance with the cash the | 0:59:14 | 0:59:19 | |
taxpayer pays and the local taxpayer
pays through the precept. We | 0:59:19 | 0:59:25 | |
responded to both the Association of
Police and Crime Commissioner 's and | 0:59:25 | 0:59:30 | |
the request for additional precept
of flexibility which allowed us to | 0:59:30 | 0:59:33 | |
put forward a settlement that will
see investment in the police | 0:59:33 | 0:59:37 | |
increased by £450 million next year,
that the Labour Party opposed. As | 0:59:37 | 0:59:43 | |
the Home Office confident that it
had its agencies can compete with | 0:59:43 | 0:59:46 | |
the private sector and recruit and
retain people with the key digital | 0:59:46 | 0:59:50 | |
and cyber skills that we need? For
security reasons I am unable to | 0:59:50 | 0:59:58 | |
comment on specific recruitment
levels and geographic distribution | 0:59:58 | 1:00:01 | |
of police and intelligence agencies
in specialist areas. I can assure | 1:00:01 | 1:00:04 | |
him we are seeing strong levels of
recruitment will stop GCHQ and the | 1:00:04 | 1:00:09 | |
National crime agency are doing
great work in encouraging the next | 1:00:09 | 1:00:13 | |
generation of cyber sleuths through
the programme. I am sure the police | 1:00:13 | 1:00:19 | |
Minister will be as concerned as I
am about the 309 assaults on police | 1:00:19 | 1:00:23 | |
officers and Humberside in the past
year and they wondered what more the | 1:00:23 | 1:00:26 | |
Government can do to keep our brave
police officers safe on the streets? | 1:00:26 | 1:00:33 | |
I share her concerns about increased
assaults on police and we're looking | 1:00:33 | 1:00:39 | |
at supporting the emergency workers
protection bill to try and greater | 1:00:39 | 1:00:46 | |
safeguards through the law and we
also keep under regular review in | 1:00:46 | 1:00:50 | |
terms of engagement with police
leadership about the operation tools | 1:00:50 | 1:00:53 | |
at the disposal such as Taser 's
application. In using the Proceeds | 1:00:53 | 1:01:03 | |
of Crime Act two PI is a rogue
landlords local authorities can act | 1:01:03 | 1:01:10 | |
as a deterrent and also, compensate
council taxpayers. What more can he | 1:01:10 | 1:01:23 | |
do to encourage local authorities to
use for the powers? He is right to | 1:01:23 | 1:01:28 | |
point out his worries. We're hoping
that the criminal Finance act will | 1:01:28 | 1:01:32 | |
give a new boost to training local
authority officers and being able to | 1:01:32 | 1:01:35 | |
deliver on the Proceeds of Crime Act
and increase the amount we take from | 1:01:35 | 1:01:41 | |
rogue landlords and property owners.
A number of migrant workers are | 1:01:41 | 1:01:47 | |
starting to lose their jobs because
of the delays and renewable visas | 1:01:47 | 1:01:50 | |
and extension of visas. What can he
do to speed up the process so that | 1:01:50 | 1:01:54 | |
they do not face the sort of problem
in the future? I think he will have | 1:01:54 | 1:02:00 | |
to give me a bit more information,
which sort of migrant workers and | 1:02:00 | 1:02:03 | |
where. There has been no change in
the citizens being able to come and | 1:02:03 | 1:02:08 | |
go and not Will there be until we
have left the EU but in terms of | 1:02:08 | 1:02:12 | |
other type of migrant workers I
would ask him to write to me me more | 1:02:12 | 1:02:16 | |
information. The Minister has
ordered a spoken about the benefits | 1:02:16 | 1:02:20 | |
of collaboration between abettors of
services and will be aware of what | 1:02:20 | 1:02:25 | |
between Warwickshire and West
Midlands Fire Service as revellers | 1:02:25 | 1:02:28 | |
already a strategic partnership. Is
there any potential conflict of the | 1:02:28 | 1:02:35 | |
worst shot bluelight services
collaborate with bodies from | 1:02:35 | 1:02:37 | |
different areas? No conflict as far
as I can see. We are keen to | 1:02:37 | 1:02:44 | |
encourage the greatest level of
collaboration between emergency | 1:02:44 | 1:02:47 | |
services. When constituents have no
recourse to public funds serious | 1:02:47 | 1:02:50 | |
delays in processing the visas is
resulting them being thrown into | 1:02:50 | 1:02:56 | |
abject poverty. What has been done
about it? I did not hear the start | 1:02:56 | 1:03:02 | |
of the question, she was referring
particularly to women? This is an | 1:03:02 | 1:03:06 | |
area I have concern about and it is
going to be covered partly any | 1:03:06 | 1:03:11 | |
consultation we will bring forward.
As she has other concerns about the | 1:03:11 | 1:03:16 | |
particular cohort applying for a
refugee status I would urge you to | 1:03:16 | 1:03:19 | |
contact my department. With Suffolk
police being one of the lowest | 1:03:19 | 1:03:23 | |
funded forces with the highest
caseload of officers in the country | 1:03:23 | 1:03:28 | |
can the Minister setup a timetable
for the reviewing police funding? He | 1:03:28 | 1:03:35 | |
has been a campaigner on behalf of
Suffolk police and he knows next | 1:03:35 | 1:03:41 | |
year as a result of the funding
settlement they will be getting an | 1:03:41 | 1:03:46 | |
additional £3.6 million. Abolition
to the formulae can make it quite | 1:03:46 | 1:03:52 | |
clear in the context of the next
copies of spending review because | 1:03:52 | 1:03:55 | |
that is the most appropriate
framework in which to look at it. | 1:03:55 | 1:03:58 | |
Although we do not have an exact
timetable for that it is what I | 1:03:58 | 1:04:02 | |
would expect to touched on. I note
the encouraging words from the | 1:04:02 | 1:04:09 | |
Minister as well as the excellent
pronunciation. Refugees would be | 1:04:09 | 1:04:14 | |
greatly helped by the passing of a
Private members Bill on the 16th of | 1:04:14 | 1:04:19 | |
March supported by the British Red
Cross, Oxfam and UN agencies. I | 1:04:19 | 1:04:26 | |
welcome the warm words from the
Minister but how much does the | 1:04:26 | 1:04:29 | |
Government gives to supporting this
bill to enabling farmers to be | 1:04:29 | 1:04:33 | |
together to have very clear rights
which is the best security they | 1:04:33 | 1:04:35 | |
could have? Thank you for the
question I am sure he will | 1:04:35 | 1:04:41 | |
understand the trepidation with
which I seek to pronounce his | 1:04:41 | 1:04:44 | |
constituency name. We will look very
carefully at his bill which I | 1:04:44 | 1:04:51 | |
understand he only published last
week and we will have a full | 1:04:51 | 1:04:54 | |
opportunity to debate the Johnny
Sexton the march. The pronunciation | 1:04:54 | 1:04:58 | |
struck me as members. | 1:04:58 | 1:05:01 |